Grid Poet — 11 July 2026, 22:00
Wind leads generation at 11.2 GW but 15.3 GW net imports are needed as solar is absent and demand remains high.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a clear summer night, German consumption stands at 43.9 GW against 28.6 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 15.3 GW of net imports. Wind contributes 11.2 GW combined (onshore 9.7 GW, offshore 1.5 GW), while brown coal at 5.7 GW and natural gas at 4.4 GW provide substantial baseload and mid-merit support. The day-ahead price of 154.9 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the large import requirement and the need for thermal generation to fill the gap left by zero solar output. Renewable share reaches 57.5% on the strength of wind and biomass (4.1 GW), a reasonable figure for a summer evening but insufficient to avoid significant fossil dispatch and cross-border flows.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines hum beneath a vault of stars, sentinels of wind against the coal-smoke dark. But the grid is hungry still—across the borders, current flows like rivers seeking the sea.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 20%
58%
Renewable share
11.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.6 GW
Total generation
15.3 GW
Net import
154.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.1°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
293
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.7 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 4.4 GW appears centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plant blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; wind onshore 9.7 GW spans the entire right half of the composition as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the starry darkness; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbines on a dark horizon at far right, tiny red lights in a row; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a medium-sized industrial facility with a rounded silo and short stack emitting thin pale smoke, warmly lit; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam structure in the lower centre with white water catching floodlight; hard coal 2.1 GW sits behind the brown coal as a smaller power station with a rectangular chimney and conveyor belt, faintly lit. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone near the horizon, fully clear with vivid stars and the Milky Way faintly visible—no twilight glow, no sunset remnant, pure night. The summer landscape has lush dark-green deciduous trees and meadows barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and warm at 22°C—a hazy, humid quality hangs in the still air around the industrial facilities, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night sky and glowing industrial fires, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 July 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-11T20:20 UTC · Download image